less than 50 days!

This sign will be going out onto the fence tonight!  

I just learned last night that it's just a paper sticker stuck to a sheet of metal, so I'm really surprised it's lasted as long as it has!  A couple touch ups on the red & black and a coat of sealant and it's ready to go for another year!

The burning bush in my yard is exploding with color! 

Oooooo - I stayed home from work last Friday (the Grandson started kindergarten on August 26 and already brought the plague home and gave it to me!) and got a text from my manager with just a photo....

Of course the Spouse & I made a Saturday trip to the office to go get it...

Chuck for scale.....

It's my giant pig!!

I almost gave up on getting Pork Chop (that's her name!) from Halloween Express, since it was back & forth between out of stock and on backorder.  But I'd still go check there and on Oriental Trading once in a while.  So when I saw it was actually in stock for sale - I jumped on it!  And held my breath until I saw the order confirmation email.  Once I actually ordered it, it delivered really fast - in like 3 days.

My mailbox guard.  This cicada sat there for a couple days, too.

So the plan this weekend is to start getting stuff out of storage and staging it on the patio.

Oooo and also - my last post must have gotten some divine attention because my search & rescue team's director sent a message that same day to the team asking if anyone was interested in Halloween Camp!  

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Of course, so far all the info I have is the date - the first weekend in October.  

But at least I know it's still on for this year! 

Birthday gift t-shirt from my manager - I love it! 

It's meteorological fall!

Bring it on!!!

We're now at 59 days to Halloween. 

  

The Spouse & I had to postpone our vacation to some other time TBD because the Spawn got into a car accident (thankfully her & the grandkids were all OK and only minor damage to her car) but said car needs to have the front bumper, passenger side front quarter panel & headlight replaced - which can be easily gotten from a junkyard. But until then, I'm her chauffeur. 💀 

I really don't know when we'll get to go now.  It might just be a long weekend now instead of a full week like we had planned.  Too much other random stuff going on here & there - including exhuming the skeletons from the garage and the rest of the cemetery from the shed, etc. 

Also - I haven't heard anything about Halloween Camp yet!  Last year I got an email about it on August 20. It's usually held on the 2nd weekend in October, but I'm hoping not this time, since one of the Spouse's friends is getting married that Sunday so I'd have to leave early on the day when all the action happens.  Of course there's the logistical issue - my house is about an hour drive south of where Camp is usually held - and the wedding is about an hour drive north.  Ugh.

My addiction continues....

Meet Ralph & Earl.

People who shop at Meijers must be sheltered since I got some weird looks for walking around with them in the cart!  

It was hard to see around them, too. 

Lat Friday was my birthday.  Chuck kept me company at work - and cut the cake for me. 

The Keep Out banner is from last year - we left it up hoping to would keep people out.....

it doesn't work. 

I grabbed this screenshot off FB last week - the advisory is still on because the temp said 53* when I left for work this morning!

So I got my fox skeleton from Michaels - look at this fantastic packaging!

His head popped off, but went back on easily enough.  

My mums are blooming!  

I love that a so called "annual" plant has been blooming regularly for 10+ years now. 

Altho I used to have a red one and planted a white next to it and now they're all white. 

Weird.

The Grandson went off to kindergarten last week!

He says he loves it - yay!

That's it for now.  

Sure wish I could be outside enjoying the day instead of being inside (not) working!